Cigar-bunch-wrapping machine.



Nn. 698,835. Patented Apr. 29, I902. I F. L. HERRINGTON. CIGAR BUNCHWRAPPING MACHINE.

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No. 698,835. Patented Apr. 29, I902.

, F. L. HERRINGTON.

CIGAR BUNCH WRAPPING u'AcmnE.

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No. 698,835. Patented Apr. 29, I902.

' F. L. HERRINGTUN.

CIGAR BUNCH WRAPPING MACHINE.

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' NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

FLORENCE L. HERRINGTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE .L.MCALPIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-BUNCH-WRAPPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,835, dated April29, 1902. Application filed November 27,1 01. Serial No. 83.866.(NQmodeL) To a, whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, FLORENCE L. HERRING- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resieral machine are herein specifically shown as arenecessary to a fullunde'rstanding and illustration of the novel featureswhich formthe subject-matter of my present application. In theaccompanying drawings, Figure l is a View of the machine in sideelevation. Fig. 2 is a partial top plan view, partly broken away todisclose more clearly certain of the operating parts. Fig. 3 is a viewin vertical section from front to rear in the plane of the line A A ofFig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the feed-hopper.

The winding-rolls are denoted by a a a With the exception of the roll(E, which will be particularly referred to hereinafter, they are mountedand operated ina manner quite similar to that shown and described in thepatent above referred to, the operating-shaft being denoted by b and thegear for connectthe shaft with the several rollers by-b b The table forreceiving and holding the bunch in the proper positionwith relation tothe rollers is denoted by c. It is here shown as stationary andsupported on a standard 0, uprising from the base 0 of the machine.

The upper roller (0 is arranged to be swung I upwardly out of the waywhen the rolling operation is completed by means of a foot-treadle d,fulcrumed at d, as shown in the patent referred to, the foot-treadle dbeing connected, by means of a chain (1 with the rearwardly-extended armd fixed to rock with the arms d which carry the roller a. This rockingmovement of the support for the roller a is made to agitate the buncheswithin the operation.

feed-hopper and cause them to present themselves at the discharge end ofthe hopper in position to be received by the operator, as follows: Thefeed-hopper is denoted by c. Its back wall is provided with areciprocating plate e, preferably provided with a series .of transverseriffies e exposed on the inner face of the back wall of the hopper indirect contact with the cigar-bunches placed'in the hopper and somounted within the hopper that its lower edge will be engaged by anoperating-arm f, fixed to the back of the support 61 causing the plate6' to be slid upwardly when the roller a, is lifted. A spring 6 securedat one end --to a lug e on the back of the sliding plate and at theopposite end of a lug e on the back of the hopper, serves to slidetheplate downwardly, when the roller 0, is dropped into position to beginthe rollingv The discharge end of the hopperv is provided with two pairsof spring-jaws, the members of one pair being denoted by g g and thoseof the corresponding pair by g 9 These pairs of spring-jaws are placedapart, so as to leave room between them for the operators fingers tograsp the bunch, and they have sufficient resiliency to permit the bunchto be forced down in proximity to their free ends, where theirfrictional grip on'the bunch will be suflicient to hold it until it isintentionally removed by the operator. As fast as one bunch is removedanother will be forced down' into its place near the free ends of thejaws by the agitating motion of the plate e within the hopper. Thehopper is remov'ably secured to the machine by means of side sockets e",which engage the upper ends of standards h h, fixed to the tops of thesides of the main frame. the roller'a'at the end of therollin'goperation also releases the tip of the cigar from its bearing, asfollows: The bearing for the tip of the cigar is denoted by 'i (seeFig. 1) and is so nearly closed that when the opposite end of the cigaris set free and allowed to drop moment the rolling is completed and theroller a lifted, the upper portion 11 of the tipbearingis hinged, as at'6 to the lower por- The'upward throw of tion, so that it may be swungback out of the way. The upper portion 'i' of the bearing is operated bymeans of a bent arm i attached at one end to the part t" and extendingthence up through a slotj in a plate j, fixed to the bearing a of theroller (t. The arm 71 is provided with a weight 1 made adjustablethereon for the purpose of holding the tip-bearing i down in its placewhen the roller a is lowered into rolling position; but when the rollera is lifted the plate j will engage the bent arm i as the latter slidesthrough the opening 3' therein in such a manner as to throw the arm 1'rearwardly, thereby tilting the tipbearing piece 2" over on its hingeout of the way of the tip.

At the same time that the roller a is lifted and the tip-bearing piece toperated by the action of the treadle d the roller 01. will be rockedforwardly bodily out of the way of the wrapped bunch to permit thelatter to drop under the influence of gravity downwardly out of the Way.This forward bodily movement of the roller a is effected as follows:'The roller a is mounted in suitable bearings is, attached to standardsZZ, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) supported on a rock-shaft 'm, journaled in theside frames of the machine and held normally in their upright positionwith the roller a in its rolling position by means of a spring 71, oneend of which is attached to the stand ard and the opposite end of theside frame of the machine. The standards Z Z are forced forwardlyagainst the tension of the spring 97. by means of a lever fulcrumed at0, one arm 0' of which is attached to the chain (Z which connects thetreadle d with the rearwardlyextending operating-arm 61 which throws theroller a upwardly out of rolling position. The opposite arm of the leveris jointed at 0 the operating end 0 of said arm being held in alinementduring the upward movement of the said part 0 but free to swing overtoward the fulcrum 0 during its downward or return movement. The part 0of the lever bears against an incline Z on the standard Z, and as thepart 0 travels upwardly forces the standard Z, and thereby rocks theshaft 771, and

with it the standard Z and the roller a car-' ried thereby, forwardlyout of position. As soon as the part 0 leaves the top of the incline Zthe roller 0. springs back into place under the tension of the spring172, while the lever fulcrumed at 0 returns to its normal position, thepart 0 partially folding to permit it to drop downwardly past theincline Z The. rearward swing of the standards Z Z, and hence of theroller a is limited by means of an adjustingscrewp, engaged in a lug Zoffset from the standard Z and provided with a jamb-nutp to lock it inposition. The tip of the screwp abuts against the front edge of the sideframe and so forms a stop against the tension of the spring at to holdthe roller a, in its proper relation to the roller a during the rollingoperation.

The knives for trimming the opposite ends of the bunch are operated by acommon shaft q, as in my former patent, but have in my present structurethe additional feature of being bodily moved in a transverse directionto throw them out of engagement with the bunches the moment theircutting operation is completed. This is accomplished by permitting theshaft q a limited longitudinal movement in its bearings and providing itwith a disk q, having a cam-groove Q2 in its periphery, and locating afixed pin 1' on the frame in position to travel in the cam-groove sothat when the shaft qis rocked by means of the hand-lever g theengagement of the walls of the groove g with the pin 1* will force thedisk g7, and hence the shaft q, to which it is attached, longitudinallyto the right as the drawing, Fig.2, is held, thereby bringing the knife8 and the knives s s at the opposite end, the one into position to passdownwardly through the slot 0 in the table to trim the tip and theothers in position to shear the opposite endof the bunch. When thehandle g is released, the return movement of the shaft q will promptlythrow the knives s s s off to the left out of engagement with thewrapped bunch, leaving the latter free to drop out of position.

For the purpose of holding the knives s s with their edges in closecontact to insure av clean cut I locate a coil-spring t in a socket inthe end of the roller a, with the outer end of the coil bearing againstthe knife-blade s crowdingit against the blade 3 as the blades arecarried bodily to the right into shearing position. To further insure aclean cut at the opposite ends of the bunch, Iprovide the knives withV-shaped cu tting-ja-ws, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the oppositesides of the V-shaped jaw of the knife 8, Fig. 1, being denoted by itit. These cutting edges Lt to engage the opposite sides of the wrappedbunch and produce a gradual shearing out on it, holding it from anytendency to creep away to the front or rear. In operation the momentthewrapping of the bunch is completed the operator pulls forward on thehandle (1 thereby bringing the trimming-knives into position to trim theopposite ends of the wrapped bunch, and as the handleis released thetreadle d is depressed, thereby simul-' taneously throwing the upperroller ct out of position ready to receive a new bunch, opening thetip-bearing to leave the wrapped bunch free to fall, and pressing thefront roller a forwardly outof the way of the falling bunch. WVhile theroller (1 is held suspended readyfor the reception of anew bunch to bewrapped, the front roller a has sprung back into rolling positionread yto receive the new bnnch, and when the latter has been placed inposition to be rolled the treadle is released and the upper rollerlowered into its rolling position, at the same time settingthe lever,which swings the front roller a in position to again perform its dutywhen the bunch shall have been wrapped. This same movement of thetreadlefor lifting the roller (1. and permitting it to descend intooperative position agitates the bunches in the feedhopper, keeping abunch constantly in position to be grasped by the fingers of theoperator without a moments delay.

The whole structure is one eminently fitted to save time and is simpleand efiective in practical operation.

It is obvious that changes might be resorted to in the form,construction, and arrangement of the several parts without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limitmyself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim is-- 1. The combination with a cigar-bunchwrappingmechanism,of afeed hopper located in position to present the bunches tobe wrapped within convenient reach of the operator, the said feed-hopperbeing provided with resilient discharge-jaws, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination with a cigar bunchwrapping inechanism including thegroup of rollers and means for lifting one of the roll-' ers to receivea bunch to be wrapped, of a feed-hopper provided with adischarge-opening at the front in position to present abnnch withinconvenient reach of the operator, the said feed-hopper being providedwith an agitating mechanism'and means in connection with theroller-lifting means for operating said agitating mechanism as theroller is lifted to receive the bunch, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination with the cigar-bunchwrapping mechanism, of afeed-hopper having resilient discharge-jaws, an agitating mechanism forpresenting bunches in the jaws in position to be removed and means foroperating the agitating mechanism as the wrapping mechanism is operatedto receive the bunch, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with a cigar-bunchwrapping mechanism, of afeed-hopper provided with resilient jaws for retaining the bunchesinposition to be grasped by the operator, a reciprocating 'riffle-platewithin the hopper for agitating the bunches and'means" for operating theplate, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a cigar-bunchwrapping machine, of a hopperremovably se-' cured to the machine and provided with an agitatingmechanism and means in connection with the machine for operating theagitating mechanism, the'agitating mechanism being arranged to move intoand out of the path of the said-operating means as the hopper isadjusted and removed, substantially asset fort-l1.

6. The combination with the wrapping mechanism and means for lifting oneof the rollers out of wrapping position of a movable bearing-piece forthe tipof the bunch and means for operating the movable bearingpiecesimultaneously with the lifting-of the roller, substantially as setforth.

'7. The combination with the wrapping mechanism and means for swingingthe top roller away from the remaining rollers, of a swingingbearing-piece for the tip of. the

bunch and a weighted arm having a sliding.

anism and means for swinging an upper roller' upwardly out of positionto receive a bunch, of a rocking support for one of the lower rollers,the said support having a substantially upright normal position, aspring for holding the rocking support in its normal position, a

set-screw for regulating the rocking'move ment of the support and'hencethe roller and means for rocking the said support and hence the rollerat the completion of therolling op-" eration, substantially as setforth.

10.' The combination with the rolling mecli anism, of an upper rollermounted to swing upwardly out of rolling position ,a lower rollermounted to swing forwardly out of rolling position, a foot-treadle andmeans engaged with thefoot-treadle for simultaneously opcrating thesaid'iipper and lower rollers, sub! stantially as set forth.

11. The combination with the wrapping mechanism, of trimming-knives andmeans for moving them bodily in a directionlengthwise of the bunch to betrimmed, substantially as set forth,

12. The combination with the wrapping mechanism,- of trimming-knives andmeans for simultaneously moving them bodily in a direction lengthwise ofthe bunch and trans versely toward the bunch, substantially as setforth. 7 I r 13. The combination with'the wra ing mechanism, oftrimming-knives arrangedto move bodily in a direction lengthwise of thebunch and a compression-spring inposition to engage a knife-bla'de'topress it againstits companion blade, substantially as set forth. Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I'have signed myname, inpresence of two witnesses,'this 14th day of November,1901;' y pj FLORENCE L. HERRINGTON. Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES,

HENRY THIEME...

